Personal bests for Horn, Bruintjies

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Published Feb 7, 2016

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Karlsruhe, Germany – Carina Horn and Henricho Bruintjies both managed to run personal best times at the IAAF Karlsruhe Meeting in Germany on Saturday night.

Horn (Tuks/HPC) ran 7.20 seconds in the 60m final, equalling her best time ran in Berlin last year. Bruintjies ran the men’s 60m final in 6.64s on Wednesday night in Dusseldorf Bruintjies ran 6.65s.

Dafne Schippers (Netherlands), gold medallist in the 200m and silver medallist in the 100m at last year’s World Championships in Beijing, won the women’s race in 7.08s.

Barbara Pierre (US) was second in 7.09s and Britain’s national record holder over 100m, Dina Asher-Smith, was third in 7.11s. Horn finished 7th.

The men’s 60m sprint was won by Mike Rodgers (US), a former Olympic and World Championships medallist, in a time of 6.52s.

Kim Collins (Saint Kitts and Nevis), a former 100m world champion, was second in 6.54s and Trell Kimmons (US) third in 6.58s. Bruintjies was 8th.

Horn said that she was almost satisfied with the outcome of her race.

“The fact that I managed to equal my best time means that I must be doing something right, but I know I am capable of running a faster time,” she said.

“I guess I just need to be patient and focus on doing the small things correctly, then the fast times will happen.”

The Tuks/HPC athlete’s next indoor race will be in Berlin on Saturday. She will also be in action in Manchester on February 20.

“Indoor athletics is ‘crazy’ exciting. Not only is it intense but it is also very hard racing,” Bruintjies wrote on his Facebook page.

“The results prove it. I ran a personal best time of 6.64 seconds, which is a world championship qualifying time, but I still only finished 8th.”

Hennie Kriel, who coaches Bruintjies, said he was satisfied with the progress that was made.

“The only reason why Henricho is competing indoors is to gain international experience. He has got to learn how to handle pressure in big races,” said Kriel.

“Indoor athletics is a hard learning school for him because he is competing against some of the world’s top sprinters.”

Bruintjies will also be in action in Berlin at the weekend.

– ANA

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